Schizophrenia: Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment

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Learn about a pioneering alternative to antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia! In Schizophrenia: Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment, Dr. Colin A. Ross—founder of the Colin A. Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma—presents a new theory of the existence of a dissociative subtype of schizophrenia. Dr. Ross determines that some patients diagnosed with schizophrenia have... Read more

Learn about a pioneering alternative to antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia!

In Schizophrenia: Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment, Dr. Colin A. Ross—founder of the Colin A. Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma—presents a new theory of the existence of a dissociative subtype of schizophrenia. Dr. Ross determines that some patients diagnosed with schizophrenia have symptoms closely related to dissociative identity disorder—or multiple personality disorder—and have a history of psychological trauma. In these cases, this unprecedented book proposes that the disorder is treatable—perhaps even curable—using psychotherapy rather than drugs.

Schizophrenia: Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment will revolutionize the profession of psychology with data, arguments, and a review of previously published literature to support Dr. Ross’s theory. Traditionally, schizophrenia is considered manageable only by a lifetime of psychotropic drugs—expensive, harmful, and often ineffectual. This book offers an alternative free of damaging chemicals to improve quality of life for patients with schizophrenia whose symptoms may be trauma-based.

Schizophrenia: Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment offers specific, detailed ideas and research on:

genetic studies showing that while there is a genetic connection, it is not prevalent enough for biology to be the only predisposing factor in all cases of schizophrenia
a comparison of the definitions of psychosis, schizophrenia, and dissociation—from the DSM-IV-TR and other texts—to determine relationships between the three disorders
proposed diagnostic criteria for dissociative schizophrenia—dissociative amnesia, depersonalization, the presence of two or more distinct personalities/identities, auditory hallucinations, extensive comorbidity, and severe childhood trauma
the principles of psychotherapy for dissociative schizophrenia—when to start therapy, trauma therapy, how to establish communication with the patient, and therapeutic neutrality
and more!

With an extensive bibliography of literatures on trauma, dissociation, and psychosis, as well as numerous tables and case studies, this volume presents a strong case for a fresh methodology in the treatment of this psychological abnormality. The theory provided by Dr. Ross brings hope for recovery to individuals with dissociative schizophrenia. This one-of-a-kind book is a must-read for psychiatrists, psychologists, and other professionals involved in research and/or treatment of schizophrenia. Its comprehensible text makes it useful for patients with schizophrenia and their family members as well. Read less

Preface
Acknowledgments
A Statement of the Problem
PART I: A DISSOCIATIVE SUBTYPE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Chapter 1. Assumptions and Logic Underlying the Dissociative Subtype of Schizophrenia
A Model of Gene-Environment Interaction
Implications of Monozygotic Twin Data
The Triangle of Recovery
Chapter 2. Characteristics of the Dissociative Subtype of Schizophrenia
The Spectrum from Nondissociative Subtypes of Schizophrenia to Dissociative Identity Disorder
PART II: PSYCHOSIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
Chapter 3. Definitions of Psychosis and Schizophrenia
DSM-IV-TR Definitions of Psychosis
DSM-IV-TR Text and Criteria for Schizophrenia
Chapter 4. The Genetic Model of Schizophrenia
The Genome As a Minor Contributor to the Causes of Schizophrenia
Evidence for the Toxic and Protective Effects of the Psychosocial Environment
Chapter 5. The Efficacy of Antipsychotic Medication
Chapter 6. Psychosis and Trauma (John Reed and Colin A. Ross)
Childhood Trauma and General Psychopathology
The Base Rate of Child Abuse Among Psychiatric Inpatients
Childhood Trauma and Psychosis
Failure of Most Research on Schizophrenia to Consider Psychological Trauma
PART III: DISSOCIATION AND DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER
Chapter 7. Definition and Scientific Status of Dissociation
Errors of Logic and Scholarship Concerning Dissociation
Diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder
General Errors of Logic and Scholarship
Chapter 8. Dissociation and Trauma
A Continuum of Dissociation Versus Discrete Pathological States
The Trauma-Dissociation Model
Chapter 9. Dissociative Identity Disorder
Reliability and Validity
Etiology
Epidemiology
Phenomenology
PART IV: DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
Chapter 10. Bleuler’s Description of Schizophrenia
Analysis of Bleuler’s 1991 Text on Schizophrenia
The Fundamental Role of Dissociation in Schizophrenia
Chapter 11. Positive Symptoms in Schizophrenia and Dissociative Identity Disorder
Distinction Between Schizophrenia and DID in the Schizophrenia Literature
Data on the Overlap Between Schizophrenia and DID
A Prospective Study of the Dissociative Subtype of Schizophrenia
Chapter 12. Case Examples of Dissociative Schizophrenia
From August Hoch, MD
From Sheila Cantor, MD
From Patricia J. Ruocchio
From Barbara A. Turner
From Janice C. Jordan
From Leslie Greenblat
Chapter 13. Hysterical and Reactive Psychoses
Chapter 14. Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Dissociative Schizophrenia
295.40 Dissociative Type
Diagnostic Criteria for 295.40 Dissociative Type
PART V: TREATMENT
Chapter 15. Treatment Outcome Data
Subjects and Treatment Provided
Methodological Limitations of the Study
Limitations of the Literature
Treatment Outcomes
Chapter 16. Principles of Psychotherapy for Dissociative Schizophrenia
Principles of Trauma Therapy
Chapter 17. Talking to the Voices
Bibliography
Index
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